ebookland Chapter 840 introduces a new variable.
Chapter 840 introduces a new variable.
For the next two days, Song Ruozhen stayed in the mansion and devoted herself to studying metaphysics.
She not only thoroughly studied what Master Tianji left behind, but also carefully examined everything Chu Junting brought back.
As she saw more and more, the blank spaces in her mind were gradually filled in, and she suddenly discovered more possibilities.
"Indeed, the ancient times were the most suitable environment for us Xuanmen people, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was stronger, and all these studies have been passed down."
Unlike later generations, many things have disappeared, and we can only rely on ourselves to explore little by little.
Fortunately, judging from this content, everything I had studied before was correct.
Song Ruozhen's lips curved slightly, a smile playing on her lips. Just as she was about to rest, she saw Bai Zhi hurriedly enter the house.
"Your Highness, it seems there's been a change in Third Brother's marriage!"
"what?"
Song Ruozhen's expression changed slightly. Before she went into seclusion, she had specifically sent a message back to inform her immediately if there were any changes to the marriage.
Her mother was overjoyed and said that the marriage was definitely not a problem, so she was relieved. Why is there a problem now?
"For some reason, news suddenly spread throughout the capital that the second daughter of Prince Gong's mansion and the illegitimate son of the Qiu family were to be engaged."
"I heard that the Qiu family themselves spread the news, and now everyone knows about it. They say that Miss Chu is lucky to have someone willing to marry her."
Chenxiang's face was grim. She had already heard from the princess that her third son was going to marry Miss Chu, but now there were rumors that he was going to be engaged to someone else. It was really troublesome.
"Your Highness, could it be that the Qiu family did this on purpose? They were unwilling to accept that the engagement was called off, so they deliberately spread the news."
Miss Chu's reputation was already tarnished because of her past affair with General Zhao. If news now spreads that she was engaged to the Qiu family and then broke off the engagement, it would only make things worse.
Bai Zhi frowned, her face showing resentment.
"These bastards have gone too far! They know that a young woman's reputation is what she cares about most, and they've taken advantage of that to do this on purpose!"
"That won't do. We can't be forced to marry him just because of this kind of blackmail, can we?"
"Anyone capable of such insidious methods is definitely no good. If I were to marry into that family, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
Qing Teng couldn't help but feel anxious. Although she herself was not married, after experiencing the shameless things her younger sister encountered before her marriage, she realized that the character of one's in-laws was extremely important!
If she has bad character, she'll definitely have a bad life after marrying into the Prince Gong's Mansion. Her whole family might be leeching off the Prince Gong's Mansion.
"I don't care whether the Qiu family is trying to curry favor or has other motives, but it's absolutely unacceptable for them to steal my third brother's sweetheart and ruin his marriage!"
Song Ruozhen narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly. It seems that these people have resorted to insidious methods, so I have to take action myself!
"Let's go back to the Song residence."
When Song Ruozhen arrived at the Song residence, Gu Ruyan was pacing back and forth anxiously.
"The Qiu family is really inconsiderate. Although Prince Gong had already agreed to the marriage, they had already discussed breaking off the engagement and not letting the news get out, but they still spread it!"
My lord, what should we do now?
Qingli was already having a hard time, and now she's been burdened with bad reputation because of General Zhao's affair. It's really not worth it.
If news of another broken engagement were to spread now, wouldn't that be pushing someone to their doom?
Gu Ruyan took two steps, then stopped. "Master, do you think they might be forced to agree to the marriage with the Qiu family because of their reputation?"
Seeing his wife's anxious look, Song Lin pulled her to sit down in a chair and said, "Don't worry, things that need to be resolved will eventually be resolved!"
"I've already inquired about this matter. It's such a coincidence that it all happened on the same day. Prince Gong didn't even tell his family about his engagement, and yet, it's already settled!"
Song Lin was speechless as he thought about the information he had found out.
It's supposed to be a marriage, so how could they happily agree to it after drinking? Now, two marriages have collided.
Fortunately, they still valued the third son and planned to offer some compensation to cancel the marriage to the Qiu family. However, now that the news has spread, things have naturally become more complicated.
"It's no use saying all this now. Who could have imagined things would turn out this way?"
Gu Ruyan looked regretful. She had originally thought it would be great if the wedding went smoothly, but who would have thought that something like this would happen.
"I don't care, you have to figure this out properly. We can't let the third brother miss out on his sweetheart like this!"
Seeing that his wife was angry, Song Lin nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, I'll go to any lengths to make this marriage happen!"
Song Zhiyu, standing to the side, frowned deeply. Usually quick-tempered, he remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.
"Third Brother, at such a crucial moment, don't you have any ideas?"
Song Zhiyu looked at his third brother, thinking, "Isn't he being a little too calm right now?"
"I've met that illegitimate son of the Qiu family. He's quite good-looking, but because the legitimate son of the Qiu family is very talented, he has always been regarded as a thorn in their side. So, he has had a very difficult time all these years."
Now that they finally have a chance to climb the social ladder to Prince Gong's mansion, most people would try to seize it. However, this situation is rather strange.
Song Zhiyu turned his head, "What's so strange about it?"
"Qiu Xingxue was just a son of a concubine, and the Qiu family's status was not as high as that of Prince Gong's mansion, so Prince Gong insisted on breaking off the engagement, and they had no choice."
In this way, Prince Gong has already decided to break off the engagement and has even promised to provide compensation and help him.
In this situation, would you still risk offending Prince Gong by spreading the news?
Song Jingshen is good at business and understands human relationships best. If you analyze this matter carefully, you can find that something is wrong and there is obviously a problem!
"You mean... this news wasn't spread by Qiu Xingxue?" Song Zhiyu realized.
Song Jingshen nodded, "That's right. His life in the mansion was already difficult, so he couldn't afford to offend Prince Gong, otherwise it would only make his future days more difficult."
On the contrary, no matter how unwilling he was, he would only smile and say, "It's alright, just so that Prince Gong can help me out in the future, believe it or not?"
When Song Ruozhen arrived, she overheard her fourth brother's analysis and immediately agreed:
"That's right, the person who spread this news was definitely not Qiu Xingxue himself, but someone else."